Production

.Inspired by the idea "let's write about our friends and the stupid stuff we did in New York,"[4]How I Met Your Mother is Bays' and Thomas' idea.^The How I Met Your Mother star is due to have her first baby soon.

The two drew from their friendship in creating the characters, with Ted based loosely on Bays, and Marshall and Lily based loosely on Thomas and his wife.[5] Thomas' wife Rebecca was initially reluctant to have a character based on her, but only agreed if they could get Alyson Hannigan to play her. Fortunately, Hannigan was available, and was looking to do more comedy work.[5]

The bar "MacLaren's", in which some of the show is set, is based on a bar in New York City called McGee's.[6] It has a mural that Carter Bays and Craig Thomas both liked and wanted to incorporate into the show.[7] The name for the bar is from Carter Bays' assistant Carl MacLaren; the bartender in the show is also called Carl.[8]

Usually each episode is shot over three days, where most other sitcoms are typically shot in a single day, and features upwards of 50 scenes an episode. The show uses a laugh track and flashbacks frequently featured in the story. The laugh track is later created by recording an audience being shown the final edited episode. Due to the larger scope of the show, co-creator Thomas claims that shooting in front of a live audience would be impossible, and doing so "would blur the line between 'audience' and 'hostage situation'".[9]

The theme song is a portion of "Hey Beautiful" by The Solids, of which Bays and Thomas are members. Episodes from the first season generally started with the opening credits. A cold opening has been used since season two. .Viewers then occasionally see Ted's children on a couch and hear him talking to them, telling the story of how he met their mother.^The How I Met Your Mother star is due to have her first baby soon.

Alternatively, scenes from previous shows or shots of New York City with Ted narrating over the top are shown. Thomas has explicitly said that Future Ted is an unreliable narrator.[10] A scene directly relating to the identity of the mother, involving Ted's future children, was filmed near the beginning of season two for the show's eventual series finale.[11]

During the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, How I Met Your Mother shut down production, but once the strike ended the show returned on March 17, 2008, with 9 new episodes.[12] A change in timeslot was also announced, to 8:30 ET/7:30 CT, flip-flopping from the summer schedule with The Big Bang Theory.[13] The show was renewed for a fourth season by CBS on May 14, 2008,[14] which premiered on September 22, 2008.[15]

In September 2008, it was announced that Lifetime Television purchased the right to rerunHow I Met Your Mother at a rate of about $725,000 per episode.[16] As part of the agreement, the four-year syndication contract stipulates that the studio will deliver 110 half-hour episodes by the year 2010. At the end of the fourth season only 88 episodes had been produced. Therefore, under the syndication deal, the studio is obligated to deliver at least 22 more episodes, ensuring there would be a fifth season.[17] On May 19, 2009, the fifth-season renewal was announced.[18].On May 20, 2009, CBS announced that How I Met Your Mother would move back to 8pm, leading into the new comedy, Accidentally on Purpose.^The How I Met Your Mother star is due to have her first baby soon.

While Lyndsy Fonseca and David Henrie have appeared in the show since the pilot, no new footage was filmed after the season 2 episode Where Were We?. They are still credited when the archive footage is used.

Ted begins his search for his perfect mate and meets an ambitious young reporter, Robin Scherbatsky (Cobie Smulders), whom he quickly falls in love with. Robin, however, doesn't want to rush into a relationship and the two decide to be friends. Future Ted reveals that Robin is not the mother after referring to her as his children's "Aunt Robin".

Ted begins dating a baker, Victoria, whom he meets at a wedding, causing Robin to become jealous and realize she does have feelings for him. Victoria moves to Germany for a culinary fellowship, and she and Ted try a long-distance relationship. Once Ted learns Robin has feelings for him, he tells her that he has broken up with Victoria, even though he hasn't. They almost have sex when Victoria calls and Robin answers by mistake. Ted and Victoria then break up and Robin becomes mad at Ted, but they eventually make up and decide to date.

Meanwhile, Lily begins to wonder if she's missed any opportunities because of her relationship with Marshall, and decides to pursue an art fellowship in San Francisco, breaking up with Marshall in the process. The season ends with Ted coming back to the apartment, the morning after spending the night with Robin for the first time, to find Marshall sitting in the rain with Lily's engagement ring.

Season Two

Ted and Robin are now a couple, and a heartbroken Marshall tries to continue his life without Lily. Realizing she is not an artist, Lily returns to New York. She is reunited with Marshall, and the season culminates in their marriage. Barney loses a "slap bet," which permits Marshall to slap him in the face five times at any given time in the future, whenever Marshall chooses, which he does twice during this season. It is revealed that Barney has a gay, black brother (Wayne Brady). Barney believes that Bob Barker is his father and takes a trip to California to be a contestant on The Price is Right. Everyone discovers Robin was a Canadian teen pop star in the early 90s, with a hit single "Let's Go To The Mall". The music video is viewed by Barney hundreds of times.

In the season finale, Ted reveals to Barney that he and Robin have been broken up for some time due to their conflicting views on marriage. They didn't tell anyone in order to avoid taking attention away from Lily and Marshall's wedding. The season ends with Barney excited at the prospect of Ted and himself being single guys on the town again.

Season Three

Robin returns from a trip to Argentina and Ted must adjust to life as just her friend. Marshall and Lily decide to move out on their own, falling in love with a place they can't afford. Marshall learns of Lily's bad credit rating due to her compulsive shopping. Despite this, they are able to finally secure their dream apartment, only to discover it's in a bad location and more poorly constructed than they thought. Barney is slapped for the third time on Thanksgiving, which Marshall dubs "Slapsgiving."

Ted tells his children that he met their mother through a story with her yellow umbrella. He finds the umbrella at a club and takes home after attending a St. Patrick's Day party where his future wife was, although they did not meet. Ted attempts to woo Stella (Sarah Chalke), a dermatologist he sees to remove an embarrassing tattoo. This culminates in a memorable "two-minute date," which incorporates small talk, dinner, a movie, coffee, two cab rides, and a goodnight kiss, all within two minutes. Robin sleeps with Barney after he comforts her following a break-up, which is followed by Ted's disapproval and decision to stop being friends with Barney. Meanwhile, an unknown woman begins to sabotage Barney's attempts to hook up. His saboteur is revealed to be Abby (Britney Spears), Stella's receptionist, with a vendetta against him for not calling her after they had sex.

In the season finale, after Ted and Barney get into separate car accidents and end up in the hospital, they renew their friendship. It is revealed that Barney has true feelings for Robin, while Ted proposes to Stella.

Season Four

Stella says "yes" to Ted's proposal. Robin takes a new job in Japan, but quickly resigns, returning to New York to attend Ted's wedding. Stella leaves Ted at the altar to get back together with the father of her daughter, Tony. Barney struggles with his feelings for Robin as his company shifts him to the management team of a new acquisition, Goliath National Bank (GNB).

Marshall and Lily move to their new apartment and debate over whether or not they're ready to have children. Robin becomes roommates with Ted and gets a job as an anchor for a 4:00 A.M. news show after Barney sends out her video resume. Ted finds out about Barney's feelings for Robin when Ted and Robin sleep together constantly so they won't fight over each others bad co-living habits.

Ted finds out Lily has sabotaged all of his relationships with anyone she doesn't approve of and indirectly may have inspired his breakup with Robin. Robin and Ted end up talking about it, causing their friendship to begin moving towards a positive note. As Barney finally sleeps with his 200th woman, after rubbing it in the face of the childhood bully that taunted him into pursuing it, he questions what the rest of his life would be about now, leaving him more certain of his feelings for Robin.

Ted, while carrying the yellow umbrella, bumps into Stella and Tony. Tony later decides to visit him, sympathizing with Ted over his loss of Stella. Tony offers him a job as a professor of architecture, which Ted initially turns down. Lily abandons the group and disappears for four weeks after hearing a dirty joke from Barney.

In the season finale, Robin finds out about Barney's love for her, which she cautiously reciprocates. Ted decides he is done being an architect and finally decides to instead teach architecture classes. The finale ends with Ted stating that he met the mother in one of his classes.

Season Five

Ted starts his first day as an architecture professor, standing in the middle of a classroom - although the mother was present, it turns out not to be the architecture class he is supposed to teach. Barney and Robin have had a sexual relationship throughout the summer and Lily locks them in a room, forcing them to come to terms with their relationship. After a rough patch they decide to break up. Robin describes it instead as "two friends getting back together." Barney immediately goes back to his old ways, using the playbook to score with women. Ted dates a graduate student named Cindy (Rachel Bilson) and it is revealed that her roommate is his future wife.

Tie-ins

Books

The Bro Code: stated by Barney many times throughout the series, is a set of written rules for bros to follow, and has been published as a tie-in novel and also an audiobook.[20] Barney alleges it was written by Barnabus Stinson, a contemporary of George Washington and Benjamin Franklin (and assumed relative of Barney).

Websites

swarley.com (archived) — At the end of the episode “Swarley,” Barney tries to pretend he loves his new name to avoid being called Swarley again. Though not shown in the episode, there used to be a website called swarley.com about it.

TedMosbyIsAJerk.com — In the episode "The Bracket", it is revealed that one of Barney's former one-night-stands, whom he told that his name was Ted Mosby (in "Ted Mosby: Architect"), created a website denouncing him called TedMosbyIsAJerk.com. There is also TedMosbyIsNotAJerk.com.

Marshall and Lily's Wedding — A website with videos and pictures of Marshall's and Lily's honeymoon, never shown on the show (the honeymoon part was never shown).

LilyAndMarshallSellTheirStuff.com (archived) — In Season 3, Episode 19 (Everything Must Go) Marshall made a website so Lily could sell her clothes to pay for a contractor to fix the floor in their new apartment. The site was promoted at the end of the episode, as an actual online auction of memorabilia from the show. The proceeds were given to the Childrens Hospital Los Angeles. The site was shut down after the auction was completed.

The Wedding Bride — In the episode "As Fast As She Can", it is revealed that Tony wrote a screen play entitled "The Wedding Bride" that became a big hit and has an "official" website.

canadiansexacts.org — In the episode "Old King Clancy", Barney reveals this site as the source of his knowledge of Canadian Sex Acts and has it bookmarked on his laptop. Except for the Lily & Marshall interactive wedding album, this is the most extensive of all the himym fake websites. Canadian actor Alan Thicke makes several humorous cameos.

slapcountdown.com (archived) — In the episode "Wait For It" (and again in "Slapsgiving") Marshall debuts this website to torment Barney by counting down the days until he next gets slapped, the result of their Slap Bet. .Visiting the website prior to the airing of 'Slapsgiving' displayed the same countdown as featured on the show,[22] albeit counting down until the air time of the episode; after the episode aired, the site redirected to CBS' How I Met Your MotherYouTube channel.

It features a photo-montage of the evening and a music video of Marshall and Nuno Bettencourt of Extreme called "Best Night Ever", in which Marshall describes what a great time he and Lily had with Robin and Barney. The video was a parody of Extreme's "More Than Words" video. However, the website is no longer in use

Phone numbers

1-877-987-6401 — During the Super Bowl XLIV telecast, a clip of Neil Patrick Harris was shown holding up a sign, ostensibly in the stadium's stands, with the words "Call Barney Stinson (CBS)" and the aforementioned phone number.[23][24][25] In the episode Rabbit or Duck, which aired the week after the Super Bowl, the same clip from the Super Bowl with Harris was shown; however, the number on the sign had been changed to a 555 number.[26] This occurrence became a plot point within the episode.[27] When the number is dialed, a message recorded by Harris in character as Barney is played. [28]

Reception

The show has received generally favorable reviews, and has a 69/100 rating on metacritic.com.[29] During the first season of the show, the reviews were very mixed. The New York Times said of the show, "How I Met Your Mother is not perfect. The writing does not yet live up to the show's premise, but the series has potential to improve," later adding, "This is not the kind of sitcom that revolutionizes the genre, or creates a pop culture buzz, but they are pleasant to watch. And that is nothing to sneer at."[30] Popmatters were less favorable, saying, "The comedy that does occur in How I Met Your Mother isn't enough to compensate for its inconsistencies. The jokes are often predictable or lame. For instance, Barney's insistence that Ted dress up in a suit to go out ("Suit up!") was instantly tired. Likewise, when Barney plants a kiss on Marshall to make a point to Ted, the joke is too evident to be amusing—look, the ladies' man is kissing another guy. With the increased presence of gays on television, the shock value of such a scene has long passed. Maybe How I Met Your Mother should have tried to be more like Friends after all."[31]

USA today gave the show a more positive review, reflecting on the cast as well. They said, "The script is humorous, though not hilarious, and the show boasts a fine cast that could, with time, jell into a great one. Harris sparkles in a change-of-pace role as a clueless would-be player, and Hannigan is as delightful here as she was in Buffy, which is high praise indeed."[32] Orlando Sentinel praised the show. The author, Hal Boedeker, said, "Romantic comedies depend on appealing actors, and these five are irresistible. In this adult show, series creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas shift easily from risque material to tenderness before supplying the biggest surprise on any new fall series. That twist should keep viewers coming back to How I Met Your Mother."[33]

The show had an average of 9.72 million viewers for season 4, and episode 12 hit a season high of 11.85 million viewers, the show's highest ratings since Season 1 (February 2006). Episode 18, which aired at 8:00 instead of the show's usual 8:30 time-slot, hit a season low of only 7.40 million viewers. This was the lowest rated episode of How I Met Your Mother since the "Showdown" episode.

DVD release

Season releases Region 1

DVD name

Release date

Episode #

Additional information

Season 1

November 21, 2006

22

This three-disc box set includes all 22 episodes of Season 1. Bonus features include commentaries on six episodes, Video Yearbook (20:29), two music videos: "First Round" (1:13) and "Last Call" (1:45), and Gag Reel (9:00). The episodes on the DVD have been cropped from the originally broadcast widescreen to a full frame 4:3 format. At present there is no widescreen version available.

Season 2

October 2, 2007

22

This three-disc box set includes all 22 episodes of Season 2. Bonus features include commentaries on seven episodes, How We Make Your Mother (17:10), two music videos: Robin Sparkles' "Let's Go To The Mall" (3:17) and The Solids' "Hey Beautiful" (3:51), three "How It Really Happened" scenes (5:28), Gag Reel (7:10), and an Easter Egg.

Season 3

October 7, 2008

20

This three-disc box set includes all 20 episodes of Season 3. Bonus features include commentaries on seven episodes, Series Retrospective (2:42), Lily & Marshall's Honeymoon Videos (10:37), Cast Favorites (4:59), Behind the Scenes of "We're Not From Here" (5:43), six "How It Really Happened" scenes (8:33), two music videos: Marshall Eriksen's "You Just Got Slapped" (1:52) and Robin Sparkles' "Sandcastles in the Sand" (3:39), "Ted Mosby Is A Jerk" Audio Track for "The Bracket", and Gag Reel (11:12).

Season 4

September 29, 2009

24

This three-disc box set includes all 24 episodes of Season 4. Bonus features include commentaries on four episodes, A Night With Your Mother: Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Panel Discussion, Season 3 Recap, Eriksen's Fight Club, music video for Barney Stinson's "That Guy's Awesome", and Gag Reel. Also available on Blu-Ray outside of the UK.

^There's also an amusing flashback bit to a "Tuxedo Night" discussion between Barney and Ted , in which Barney has a great explanation of how the rules for girls are the same as the rules for gremlins.

.Ted: [talks about Robin] She wants
casual...^They want to talk about people exploiting Biggie, to me this is the worst way you could exploit his name; by disrespecting people who was around him who he had major love for.

'cause it's a game. .I wanted to skip to the
end and to the whole happily ever after thing.^We were led to believe the whole thing was going to be about Barney and his suits, but much of it ended up following Ted and guest star Rachel Bilson.

Ted: Yes. .NO! I can't ask her out because if I
ask her out I'm ASKING HER OUT. So how do I ask her out, without
asking her out?^In a recent interview the How I met Your Mother cast was asked who they hoped the mom would turn out to be.

.Marshall: [stops working and looks at
Lily] No underwear?^I can't stop looking at the picture of her, she was truly beautiful and now she is cancer-free, and laughing and flying...no more worries or fears.

.Ted: The truth is: My friend, he does this
thing where he goes to airports with fake luggage to pick up girls
and we followed some here to Philadelphia.^Ted: Truth is, my friendhe does this thing where he goes to airports with fake luggage to pick up girls and we followed some here to Philadelphia.

^It's true we do, we all stick to the idea that you shouldn't throw like a girl, or if you trip a little you should make it look like you meant to and it was the beginning of a jog that after a couple of steps you change your mind about.

.This shirt's been sitting
in my closet for like six years, and until this morning, I've never
liked it.^This shirt's been sitting in my closet for like six years, and until this morning, I've never liked it.

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.Barney: Not some stupid word.^Barney had done his fair share of stupid and barely legal stuff – and probably some things that weren’t legal at all – but hurting Ted was the only thing Barney felt he needed to be punished for.

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Booger.

Robin: But I am not doing it. I am a
journalist.

Barney: What? Journalist? .You do the little
fluff pieces at the end of the news.^You do the little fluff pieces at the end of the news.

.Waited three years
for me to get over you, tracked me down, begged me to go out with
you again, only so you could dump me three weeks later,
again on my birthday!^Waited three years for me to get over you, tracked me down, begged me to go out with you again, only so you could dump me three weeks later, again on my birthday !

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^I only smoke in certain situations: post-coital, when I'm with Germans, sometimes those two overlaps, coital, birthdays, to annoy my mom, pre-coital, on a sailboat, the day The Mets are mathematically eliminated every year, and, of course - wait for it- 'cause Lord knows I have, pregnancy scares.

.Lily: Marshall just ditched out on our own
party.^Yeah sure he did some things that were nice but I just hope it still comes across as believable that Ted, Lily, Robin and Marshall actually want to hang out with him.

.Marshall: What a sad commentary on our
national attention span, that we could forget such a turbulent time
in our political history.^Marshall : What a sad commentary on our national attention span, that we could forget such a turbulent time in our political history .

.Look I know the
odds are, the love of my life isn't going to magically walk through
that door in a pumpkin costume at 2:43 in the morning.^Look I know the odds are, the love of my life isn't going to magically walk through that door in a pumpkin costume at 2:43 in the morning.

.Lily: On Monday I'm going to
have to tell my kindergarten class, who I tell not to run with
scissors, how my fiance ran me through with a freakin'
broadsword!^Lily : On Monday I'm going to have to tell my kindergarten class, who I tell not to run with scissors, how my fiance ran me through with a freakin' broadsword!

.Robin: You guys are the world's leader in hand
gun violence; your health care system is bankrupt and your country
is deeply divided on almost every important issue.^I know in the movies when someone pulls out a gun and starts shooting at you there's time to duck behind things, pull out your gun, and fire back.

Marshall: Ah...I don't know. .Girl of your
dreams...dating a billionaire.^I agree with Needs More Cheerleaders- guys could never date a girl because odd are, at some point one of your friends DID like her.

.Was
it invented by a woman named Karey Oke...These are the kind of
things I think about.^What kind of things should I talk with my birth mother about when we're doing things together, whether that's talking on the phone or while we're waiting together at an appointment?

[Lily takes Barney aside at MacLaren's after she sees him
consoling Claudia, who just called off the wedding with
Stuart]

.Lily: Claudia is getting married tomorrow and
so help me God if I catch you even so much as breathing the same
air as her, I will take those peanuts you're trying to pass off as
testicles and I will squeeze them so hard your eyes pop out and
then I'll feed them to you like grapes!^You walk out of that door, and we're done.

^[Lily takes Barney aside at MacLaren's after she sees him consoling Claudia, who just called off the wedding with Stuart] Lily : Claudia is getting married tomorrow and so help me God if I catch you even so much as breathing the same air as her, I will take those peanuts you're trying to pass off as testicles and I will squeeze them so hard your eyes pop out and then I'll feed them to you like grapes!

That cake. Best cake I ever had. .Seriously, my stomach was like
"Hey bro, I don't know what you're eating cause I don't have any
eyes but it's basically awesome so keep sending it down Gullet
Alley."^'Cause you know she's my girl.

.Victoria: OK, it involves a game of Truth or
Dare, a squeeze bottle of marshmallow ice cream topping, and the
hot tub at my grandparent's retirement community.^Now at 25, I am finally being more open about my religious stance and getting involved with a secular group who wants to be involved in helping the community.

It’s
2am and its raining outside, ding dong what? The Doorbell?
.Oh, hello, Jessica Alba in a trenchcoat and nothing else, but wait,
knock knock, somebody is at the back door.^Oh, hello, Jessica Alba in a trenchcoat and nothing else, but wait, knock knock , somebody is at the back door.

.Office Jerk: Fiancee is out of town, what do
you do?^You may not have counselor's offices as we do in the States, or you may not be able to afford professional counseling, but surely there is a Godly pastor or a local elder (or counsel of elders) that can help you sort this out?

.Sandy Rivers: Why not, we’re both available,
we’re both attractive, we’re both good at it, at least I’m good at
it, and even if you’re not, don’t worry, I’ll have a good time
either way.^And I’ll see you next time.

.Robin: Well moving past the horrifying image
of your hair helmet clanging against the headboard, I don’t get
involved with people I work with.^Robin tells Don he's just jealous because he never had a shot at a network job, but she thinks she does, so she has to focus on her work.

^He wanted to rest a little, but one of the girls inside the basket called out, "I can see through my window that you are resting.

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.Robin: Well, yeah, that’s cats, I’m not some
pathetic cat lady, not that your grandmother is some pathetic cat
lady – doeesss anybody else have questions?^Please refer for the details and the answers for some of your questions.

Kaboom! .You’ve been lawyered!^Marshall: "You've been LAWYERED." Also referenced and played with in "The Stinsons", where the actor playing Barney's son tried to give his character the catch phrase "Tyler no likey".

[Lily admits to Ted about the arts program and how it could
derail her and Marshall's wedding]

.Lily: There are certain things in life where
you know it's a mistake but you don't really know it's a mistake
because the only way to really know it is a mistake is to make that
mistake and look back and say, "Yup, that was a mistake". So
really, the bigger mistake would be to not make the mistake because
then you'll go your whole life not really know if something is a
mistake or not.^Because, as you know, she was in that class .

^"If you do not come down instantly I will go up and bring you down," he cried, angrily; but Margerita did not stir.

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Robin: Why?

Ted: Why? Because I MADE IT RAIN!!! That's
what I did today!!! And that's enough! .I..I've done my part, now
GET DOWN HERE!!!^Many of my relatives are religious, and I’ve spent four years now with a wonderful man who has far more spirituality than I do.

.I just, I just need
to go to San Francisco and do this art program and-and figure out
who I am outside of us, and the only way I can do that is if...if
we don't talk for a while.^Just thought I'd get that out of the way.

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^[Marshall and Lily talk about Lily's program in San Francisco] Marshall : So that's it?

Robin: This has to stop! .Ted, we just started
dating, we agreed we don't want to move too fast, and somehow, we
have a baby.^Ted, we just started dating, we agreed we don't want to move too fast, and somehow, we have a baby.

Brunch
[2.3]

.No family
history of diabetes or heart disease, and everyone has non-porous
teeth and perfect eyesight.^No family history of diabetes or heart disease, and everyone has non-porous teeth and perfect eyesight.

Lily: Druthers have to be taught he can't
behave like that. .When I was teaching kindergarten, whenever a kid
was mean, I would take away one of his toys.^When I was teaching kindergarten, whenever a kid was mean, I would take away one of his toys.

Swarley [2.7]

Ted: So I guess that decides it.

Marshall: Yep.

.Barney: Hanging out at a coffee place:
not nearly as much fun as hanging out at a bar.^If I haven't been fooled by hanging out to much at progressive blogs - such a list will look someting lika 1) Republican tax cuts.

^Barney Be My Valentine-2000 (2000): In Barney Be My Valentine celebrate Valentine's Day with Barney and his friends as they sing songs, dance, and make Valentines Day cards at the Queen of Heart's Castle.

.Barney: If there was any shame in a dude
getting a pedicure I don't think there would've been a feature
about it in Details magazine.^Barney : If there was any shame in a dude getting a pedicure I don't think there would've been a feature about it in Details magazine.

Barney: Yeah. .That moment when you find out
that one detail about a person that is going to be a
deal-breaker.^That moment when you find out that one detail about a person that is going to be a deal-breaker.

.Girl #2: I don't have an eating disorder, it's
just when I put food in my mouth, I chew it and then I spit it
out!^Girl #2 : I don't have an eating disorder, it's just when I put food in my mouth, I chew it and then I spit it out!

Single Stamina
[2.10]

.I get to order yummy
pink drinks with chunks of real fruit that guys secretly like but
can't order because they'll be made fun of.^I get to order yummy pink drinks with chunks of real fruit that guys secretly like but can't order because they'll be made fun of.

.[to Ted, Marshall, Lily, and
Robin] Huh...^MacLaren's; Exterior: Robin, Lily and Marshall all smoke outside the bar as Robin rants that of course people watch her show -- like her good friends Marshall and Lily -- who so do not .

Barney: I'm fine. [blows his nose; Ted and
Robin look at him] I'm fine. .My nose is just overflowing with
awesome and I had to get some of it out.^My nose is just overflowing with awesome and I had to get some of it out.

.Robin: [Downs drink] I can't believe
my baby sister is planning to lose her virginity to a douche with a
faux-hawk.^Robin : [Downs drink] I can't believe my baby sister is planning to lose her virginity to a douche with a faux-hawk.

.Marshall: What I’ll have, oh I don’t know
maybe a beer and that nude painting of me hanging behind the
bar!^Marshall : What I’ll have, oh I don’t know maybe a beer and that nude painting of me hanging behind the bar!

Suits are for the living. .That's why, when it's my time to
R.I.P. I'm going out of this world the same way I came into it.^She barely had time to slam to the trapdoor before the troll came to her and asked, "Will you be my sweetheart?"

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^Early on the morrow, said the youngest one to her mother, as she wove a stocking, "I will go out with my stocking today, and I will watch the gray horse.

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^And I'm not sure why he said that, the way he said it, because the time of the show didn't change.

[Everybody walks past Barney except Marshall, who giggles
and gives him a high-five]

.Ted: [tries to convince the group of
watching the recorded Super Bowl together a day after because of
the wake for Mark] Who's in?^Ted : [tries to convince the group of watching the recorded Super Bowl together a day after because of the wake for Mark] Who's in?

[puts his hand over the table and speaks in a low and grave
voice] solemn low-five!

Lucky
Penny [2.15]

.Marshall: [giving himself a pep talk in
the mirror before his run] This is going to be your best run
yet.^Marshall : [giving himself a pep talk in the mirror before his run] This is going to be your best run yet.

.You are going to accomplish all of your goals.^They also are fearful of taking Wall Street on, because they’ve been taught that if, you know, if the DOW falls, if you take on the big banks, it’s going to be bad for all of us.

Arrivederci, Fiero
[2.17]

[Ted and Marshall are stuck in the snow after Marshall
admits he wants to marry Lily someday.]

.Ted: [to Marshall, who's cuddling with him
to remain warm] Marshall, are you still thinking about
Lily?^When Marshall declines, Arthur calls him Jeffrey and waxes nostalgic about the bond between smoking buddies.

.Marshall: I can't believe this whole time it
was you guys; I've been blaming Really Tan Dancing Leotard
guy.^Well I can't believe I'm saying this because you've taught me so much and I owe you the world, but I think I'm going to respectfully disagree with you on serious relationships.

.You will get your
stuff back if you are able to complete a series of challenges.^But seriously, there are effective measures and precautions that you can take to help preserve your Not a Father status.

Number seven, "The You Scream Truck." You Scream. .[they all
laugh] Number six, "Feels on Wheels!"^Later, Robin surprises them while they're all sitting around smoking, but she tells them not to feel badly.

Barney: Yeah, yeah, yeah... .Barney what are
you doing here...I can't believe it's really you...Come in, have a
seat...You want some tea...I know the apartment's small but I don't
need much space...^Barney : Oh yeeeahh, you just KNOW she likes it dirty.

.Marshall is one of the best people I know and it won't be
long until someone else realizes that and you will lose him
forever.^Marshall is one of the best people I know and it won't be long until someone else realizes that and you will lose him forever.

I can't stand the thought of that happening and I cannot
keep stealing chicks from him forever. .Never ever tell anyone I was
here, I will deny it tooth and nail; this trip never happened.^Never ever tell anyone I was here, I will deny it tooth and nail; this trip never happened.

Lily: I know, I'm beautiful! I'm a fairy
princess! .[She lifts her arms up and the dress falls down to
her waist, exposing her breasts] I'm too skinny for my
dress!!^[She lifts her arms up and the dress falls down to her waist, exposing her breasts] I'm too skinny for my dress!!

.Barney: [Barney looks at his computer
screen, which displays a timer counting down days, hours, minutes
and seconds.] What does this mean?^Ted and Barney chase Maggie down but it's too late, although Barney does...

A couple rules. .Ah, not rules, let's call
them "Guidelines for Harmonious Living". Guideline for Harmonious
Living #1: The kitchen sink is for dishes, the toilet is for
pee-pee.^Guideline for Harmonious Living #1: The kitchen sink is for dishes, the toilet is for pee-pee.

.GFHL #2: Marijuana is illegal in the United States, yes,
even when baked into a blueberry muffin, that someone might
mistakenly eat for breakfast, before leaving for their job as a TV
newcaster.^GFHL #2: Marijuana is illegal in the United States, yes, even when baked into a blueberry muffin, that someone might mistakenly eat for breakfast, before leaving for their job as a TV newcaster.

Then I pretend to be interested in
whatever she cares about, for you that would be the.. environment.
.I be all sympathetic and before you know it, you're naked in my
apartment shouting, "Oh-oh, Ba-ar-nee-ee-ee!"^You're-oh my God!

.Lance Hardwood: [taps keys] Here are
the plans for the new International Sex Building.^[DVD plays, showing Lance Hardwood and a woman] Lance Hardwood : [taps keys] Here are the plans for the new International Sex Building.

.It's this
inconsiderate, immature jackassry that makes me feel like I'm
living in The Real World House!^It's this inconsiderate, immature jackassry that makes me feel like I'm living in The Real World House!

.Lily: Oh, Persephone, oh Daphne, these will
make great additions to our up-and-coming mother-daughter exhibit
at the Met.^Lily : Oh, Persephone, oh Daphne, these will make great additions to our up-and-coming mother-daughter exhibit at the Met.

.Robin: We can split a cab to work together, we
always have a standing lunch date, and last night, at the hockey
game, Curt got us into the locker room and I met Mason Raymond.^Robin : We can split a cab to work together, we always have a standing lunch date, and last night, at the hockey game, Curt got us into the locker room and I met Mason Raymond.

.So I'm guessing that the real story involves a bad
break up and some booze, unless it's a gang tattoo in which case I
thinks time to find a new gang.^So I'm guessing that the real story involves a bad break up and some booze, unless it's a gang tattoo in which case I thinks time to find a new gang.

.Ted: Ah no, I just thought it would be cool to
get a caterpillar tattoo, then a few weeks went by, and all of a
sudden...^Ted : Ah no, I just thought it would be cool to get a caterpillar tattoo, then a few weeks went by, and all of a sudden...

.I've spent
the last two days trying to remember every girl that I've slept
with and all of the horrible things that I have done to them- and I
have done some horrible things.^I've spent the last two days trying to remember every girl that I've slept with and all of the horrible things that I have done to them- and I have done some horrible things.

.I didn't speak the language, but I shook a
guy's hand, he gave me the keys to a Mercedes, and I left her
there.^I didn't speak the language, but I shook a guy's hand, he gave me the keys to a Mercedes, and I left her there.

.I am the guy who keeps a scrapbook of all the women I have
slept with, but I never thought I was the guy who would sleep with
a girl and not even remember her.^I am the guy who keeps a scrapbook of all the women I have slept with, but I never thought I was the guy who would sleep with a girl and not even remember her.

.Robin: Okay, here's the deal Barney; the
moment my feet touch the ground this never happened.^[Robin and Barney just had sex] Robin : Okay, here's the deal Barney; the moment my feet touch the ground this never happened.

.Barney: Now remember my three beginner's tips
for picking up chicks: address her by name, isolate her from her
friends, subtly put her down.^Barney : Now remember my three beginner's tips for picking up chicks: address her by name, isolate her from her friends, subtly put her down.

.Everything out of his mouth is 'I'm a vegan!', 'Fish feel
pain!', 'I'm never constipated!'. That guy's an idiot.^Everything out of his mouth is 'I'm a vegan!', 'Fish feel pain!', 'I'm never constipated!'.

.Marshall: God sent those lice to my head like
he sent the locust to Egypt: to liberate me from
corporate bondage.^Marshall : God sent those lice to my head like he sent the locust to Egypt : to liberate me from corporate bondage.

.The longest pause you will ever experience in your
life is the one that follows asking the question..^The longest pause you will ever experience in your life is the one that follows asking the question..